Hello good folk of the blogging world! I hope you're enjoying your summer, I know I have been. This is the second summer I've spent on campus and the fifth building I've lived in on campus. How many buildings to live in are there, you ask? There are seven residential building on campus (plus several campus sponsored houses in the neighborhood.) I lived in Forrer my first year, as all first year women do, then I moved to the Rosenthal Apartment Complex my sophomore year, then last summer I moved over to Hazelrigg Hall, or as we loving refer to it as, the Rigg and I stayed with the computer science camps in Poole Residence Center. This last year, I moved back to Forrer as an RA and this summer they have all of the students working and taking classes at Transy staying in Clay Hall. Clay is traditionally the first-year men's hall so there are some differences from a strictly women's dorm like Forrer or unisex rooms in Poole and Rosenthal. I enjoy being on campus during the summer because you're reminded that although you connect Transy with all of the students, it continues to exist even when most people have gone home and it exists at a much slower pace.
While I moonlight as an RA on campus, my main source of income, entertainment, and place of employment is Dell-Perot Services in downtown Lexington. Back in the fall I heard about an opportunity for an internship with this company through the fabulous Dr. Tylene Garrett (who is also on facebook if there are any computer science interested students out there with questions) and along with several other students in my class, I applied and interviewed for the internship. Through a series events, I got the internship and I started working after class Winter Term. I only came in for a few hours each week and didn't get much accomplished during that time, but the part-time internship turned into a full-time opportunity for the summer. With a place to stay because of RAing, I was able to continue my work with the company. I'm amazed at how much I've learned and I continue to learn new things literally every day, the group treats me like a member of the team and have high expectations of my work.
Me, taking a break at work - way up in the sky, 25th floor!
Luckily for the environment, Transy is so close to downtown that I can get to work faster walking than I could driving and parking. Thankfully, I work all day so I miss the hottest parts to walk through, but there hasn't been any shortage of heat this summer, that's for sure.
I have lots of other adventures going on this summer, I'll get back to ya.
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